Get started with Hibernate, an open source Java persistence layer and gain a clear introduction to the current standard for object-relational persistence in Java. This updated edition includes the new Hibernate 6.0 framework which covers new configuration, new object relational mapping changes, and enhanced integration with the more general Spring, Boot and Quarkus and other Java frameworks.

The book keeps its focus on Hibernate without wasting time on nonessential third-party tools, so you'll be able to immediately start building transaction-based engines and applications. Experienced authors Joseph Ottinger with Dave Minter and Jeff Linwood provide more in-depth examples than any other book for Hibernate beginners. They present their material in a lively, example-based manner—not a dry, theoretical, hard-to-read fashion.

What You'll Learn

Build enterprise Java-based transaction-type applications that access complex data with Hibernate

Work with Hibernate 6 using a present-day build process

Integrate into the persistence life cycle

Search and query with the new version of Hibernate

Keep track of versioned data with Hibernate Envers

Who This Book Is For

Programmers experienced in Java with databases (the traditional, or connected, approach), but new to open-source, lightweight Hibernate.